Bad Weather, Bears and Ticks.....

Bears, snakes, ticks, falling limbs, serial killers, and now weather,  the short list of things that make a Mother worry.  It is hard for those of us living in the deep south to think about freezing to death in August.  The fact that the mountain peaks in New Hampshire would be considered small hills in parts of the West can lure one into a false sense of confidence.  Silas has climbed 14,000+ ft. mountains in Colorado but he insists that the White Mountains have taken their toll on him these past few days. He uses the word "horrible" quite a bit when talking about the trail through these peaks. He is currently waiting on better weather and resting sore muscles before pushing on over the "Presidentials". 

 There was a time I would have snickered at Silas's  laments and told him to "man up" and get on the trail. 
That was before New York and those "horrible" trails that made me gladly rest my head on a rock. 
I am more sympathetic to his plight and less free with advice. 
 I am now a humble admirer of Silas the hiker.




Respect the burden.
 -Napoleon Bonaparte-